Thread: Opinions of Vulfix Super Badger Brushes

Originally Posted by captp

Never really understood the "floppy" designation. It seems to just be another name for really soft bristles. Some shavers seem to use floppy as an almost derogatory term, "It's too floppy", but I can't see the problem. I like the softness of my Vulfix Super Badger, it whips excellent lather from whatever soap I use and it's comfortable on my face.

This is a large area of personal preference. I find that a nice brush with some backbone and yet soft bristles is much better for suds and lathering than one that is floppy like a paint brush.

Have fun,

Lynn

The Vulfix brushes are best for bowl lathering in my opinion. The hair is very soft but also very flexible (i.e. floppy) which makes them ill suited for face lathering in my opinion. I think of them as "Sunday luxury". If you bowl lather creams and like to paint the lather on your face, they are wonderful. The handles are solid (if you get a model that is lathed as opposed to injection molded) and the brushes are very well made. It comes down to personal preference.

I have a Vulfix super badger and since I hang it upside down (bristles facing down) I never considered them floppy, but soft. It works well with soaps and creams.

Pabster

Damn, another Harrisburger!

Captp, I have a Vulfix that I like very much. I've had it a while so it may have been made before the company changed hands. It is not floppy...I have a Kent B4 that is. It is not stiff, I have a Simpson and a Rooney that are.

I really like soft, less dense brushes that many, including me, consider floppy. But floppy is not bad...my Kent is such a lovely, pleasing brush. It won't work harder soap pucks like the stiffer ones, but there are all sorts of soaps and applications where it excels.

My Vulfix is in the middle. Was once the only brush I had (after a Simpson I had for 24 years finally succumbed) and it was just fine. Better than fine.

Originally Posted by jleeg

Damn, another Harrisburger!

You don' t frequent RAE's, do you?

Originally Posted by BullGoose

The Vulfix brushes are best for bowl lathering in my opinion. The hair is very soft but also very flexible (i.e. floppy) which makes them ill suited for face lathering in my opinion. I think of them as "Sunday luxury". If you bowl lather creams and like to paint the lather on your face, they are wonderful. The handles are solid (if you get a model that is lathed as opposed to injection molded) and the brushes are very well made. It comes down to personal preference.

I have both a 376S and 2235S and they (along with my Kent BK8) are my go to brushes. I especially love the 2235. I sure as heck wouldn't argue with you about face lathering...but I face lather with them and find them to work just fine. I parted with with a pair of Simpsons in favor of these and actually prefer them greatly over the Duke 3 and Colonel 2 they replaced. I don't always face lather and maybe it's the softness of the bristles I like...who knows. As to shedding, the 376 drops a hair or two no and again but nothing to fret over IMHO.